At 05:08 PM 12/05/1999 -0200, you wrote: > > Ron, > > I marred one out of the set, still which upset me a little 'coz these bebbes > are getting recycled soon. I thought about a hard brass crowbar/rocker with a > 0.147" slot cut at a slight angle so when the flat bottom of the fulcrum sets > down, a little pressure is applied to the pin. At least it'd make fewer marks > than visegrips. And I always seem to hurt my fingers. > > Clark Clark, I didn't mean to clamp the jaws directly to the pins. I was thinking of a block of CA impregnated Delignit, phenolic, aluminum, or brass with a hole the size of the pin drilled through. Saw the block in two, splitting the hole, and clamp the halves around the pin with the Visegrip. Whack away. That ought to pull the pins without marring them at all. Heating the pins a bit with a heat gun should loosen them up some too, before you start pulling. I remember hearing the phrase "If it hurts, you're not doing it right", but I'm not sure exactly what it referred to. 8^) Ron N
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